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A driver of a bus created a mild drama along the road leading to Lagos Island on Tuesday, August 16, when he abandoned his vehicle and fled off after he was stopped by security men attached to the convoy of the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The bus driver was driving against traffic when he ran into the convoy of the governor. For fear of being arrested, he took to his heels and abandoned his vehicle on the road.
An official of the Lagos State Traffiic Management Authority (LASTMA) identified as Jamiu Issa has been crushed to death by an unknown driver in Lekki-Ajah area of the state.
Olumide Filade, the spokesperson for the agency, confirmed the development to journalists on Wednesday.
According to him, the driver flouted traffic regulations and rammed into Issa who wanted to apprehend him for the offence.
He noted that the victim was rushed to the hospital where he later gave us the ghost.
“It was reported that Issa was knocked down and run over by the traffic law offender. Issa’s colleague at the scene of the event quickly put a call through to the zonal head while some good Samaritans/eyewitnesses pursued the escaping Sienna driver to the Chevron Waterfront area where he was eventually apprehended and taken first to Ilasan police station, and eventually to Ajiwe police station, under which jurisdiction the event happened for proper investigation.
“The driver of a green Toyota Sienna vehicle, with number plate, FST 901 AR, knocked down and ran over a LASTMA official, Jamiu Issa, who was later confirmed dead, on April 19, 2022.
“The late Issa was said to have approached and accosted the Sienna vehicle driver who was driving against the direction of flow of traffic, facing oncoming vehicles from Chevron towards the Conservation Toll Plaza.
“Also, according to other eyewitnesses’ accounts, the Sienna driver also knocked down another person while trying to escape from the scene before the driver was apprehended.
“At the same time that the above scenario was going on, the fatally injured Issa was rushed to the Lagos Island General Hospital where it was confirmed that he was brought in dead. His remains have been deposited at the morgue of same hospital”, the statement read.
The General Manager, LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, commiserated with the family of the deceased, stressing that drivers found flouting traffic rules would be seriously dealt with according to the law.
A judge at the Court of Appeal, Owerri, Justice Rita Pemu, on Sunday survived a kidnap attempt in Anambra State.
The Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Owerri Branch, Chinedu Agu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in the Imo State capital.
He said the incident occurred along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala road in Anambra State, adding that the judge’s driving was still missing.
.Agu said: “On Sunday, February 20, 2022, the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal while traveling to Owerri from Benin City was kidnapped along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala road at about 11:00 a.m.
When the Chairman of the Bar, J.I. Ogamba and the Secretary, Chinedu Agu, paid the Lordship a visit at 5:00 p.m. today, the Secretariat gathered that the kidnappers double-crossed the Lordship’s vehicle, disembarking her and ordering her to prostrate on the road while pointing guns menacingly on her head.
Justice Pemu, who was rather in her Hiace Bus instead of her SUV and was dressed in a simple, spartan and free-flowing gown was mistaken by the kidnappers as one of ‘oga’s stewards’, as they kept demanding to know in which car their ‘oga’ (boss) was.
“While she was marched into a thick forest, one of the kidnappers, the Secretariat gathered, was boasting that he would have wasted their oga if he were there.
“As the Lordship was marched into the bush-like a death-destined sheep to the slaughter, gunshots and concomitant cries of anguish pervaded the bush, which heightened her apprehension.
“As of the time of filing this report, her official cars, driver and personal property inside the car are yet to be found.”
Nicholas Okpe, one of the victims of the October 20, 2020 Lekki shooting, on Wednesday joined #EndSARS memorial protest to honour those who lost their lives.
CorrectNG reported earlier today that Nicholas who is a driver, spoke to The Punch while recounting his experience at the Lekki tollgate one year after he was shot.
When asked if he would join the protest again, Nicholas had said; ”By the Grace of God, despite my ordeal, I will join the protest because we are not going there to make trouble but just to mark a one year anniversary to remember our fallen heroes who fought for the betterment of our country. What is the hope of our children if we don’t take action today?
Our intention is not for violence but just to mark the one year anniversary. We will carry placards and lay wreaths for those who died. What if I had died? Wouldn’t I have wanted to be honoured? So many victims of #EndSARS are still in detention. We will also speak on their behalf to demand their release.”
In a video from the ongoing #EndSARS Memorial Protest, the young man was being interviewed about his participation last year.
He showed journalists his chest and back area where the bullet hit him and exited.
Watch the video HERE
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday evening attacked a bullion van in Ore, Odigbo local government area of Ondo State and killed two people.
An eyewitness told journalists that the victims were the driver of the bullion van and a policeman attached to the vehicle.
He said: “The dare-devil armed robbers opened fire on the bullion van which was carrying an undisclosed amount of money and the police escort car.
“The bullion van driver and a policeman were shot dead in the process while the undisclosed amount of money in the bullion van was carted away by the gunmen after the attack
The spokesperson of the state police command, Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, said police operatives are on the trail of the assailants.
She urged people of the state with useful information to assist the police in the investigation that would lead to the arrest of the hoodlums.
Odunlami said: “Yes, I can confirm to you that the driver of the bullion van and a police officer died in the attack, but the police had launched an investigation to trail the gunmen.
“We urge residents with concrete information to come forward, we don’t need them to drop their names but give us useful information that will lead to the arrest of the gunmen.